CRAWFORD v. STATE

No. S13A1875.

757 S.E.2d 102 (2014)

294 Ga. 898

CRAWFORD v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 28, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maryann Faith Blend , Maryann F. Blend, Esq., P.C., Lawrenceville, for appellant.

Justin Drew Unger , Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, Daniel J. Porter , Dist. Atty., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, for appellee.


HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Appellant Demarcus Crawford was convicted of felony murder, burglary, and false imprisonment in connection with a March 25, 2008 home invasion, during which victim Tedla Lemma was bound, beaten, suffocated, and left to die. Crawford appeals the denial of his motion for new trial, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence corroborating his accomplice's testimony, the admission of a hearsay statement, and the giving of a jury instruction on the...

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